Alonzo L. "Lon" Stiner (June 20, 1903 – March 8, 1985) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach at Oregon State College—now Oregon State University—from 1933 to 1948, compiling a record of 74–49–17. Stiner led the Oregon State Beavers to the Pacific Coast Conference in 1941 and the three bowl game victories. Early life Born at Hastings, Nebraska, Stiner graduated from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He was captain of the football team and gained All-America honors in 1926. After graduation, he worked as a teacher at the University of Colorado for two years. Stiner moved to Oregon State College in 1928, where he served as an instructor, track coach, and assistant football coach before assuming the job of head football coach in 1933. Coaching career During his tenure as head football coach of Oregon State, Stiner compiled a 74–49–17 record, setting school records for wins, and winning percentage (.589). His best season came in 1939, when his team went 9–1–1 and won the Pineapple Bowl over Hawaii, 39–6. "Iron Men" Game Stiner coached in one of the greatest upset ties in NCAA history. On October 21, 1933, eleven Beaver "Iron Men" fought USC to a scoreless tie in what many consider to be the greatest game in Oregon State football history. The Trojans, defending two-time national champions, brought an eighty-man squad to Multnomah Stadium in Portland and saw a 25-game win streak splattered by the Beavers. The Beavers did not make a substitution, playing only eleven men, each of whom played both ways for the entire sixty minutes. 1942 Rose Bowl Stiner was also the head coach of another famous game in Beaver football history. His 1941 team played in the Rose Bowl. This game produced two important firsts. It was OSU's first-ever trip to the famous New Year's Day classic, and it remains the only Rose Bowl ever played outside of Pasadena, California. The reason for the move out of Pasadena was due to the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The game was played at Duke University's Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, with the undefeated Blue Devils picked as 3–1 favorites. Oregon State pulled off the upset and won, 20–16. Stiner, at 38, was the youngest head coach in Rose Bowl history. The Pyramid Play Stiner also played a key role in another famous first in football history.